Studying Alienation and Depression as a Predictor of Smartphone Addiction Among Adolescents
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Department of Education, Sant Baba Bhag Singh, University, Jalandhar - 144030, Punjab ,IN
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Department of Education, Sant Baba Bhag Singh, University, Jalandhar - 144030, Punjab ,INShaveta Sharma
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Adolescents, Alienation, Depression, Smartphone Addiction (SA)Abstract
The present study was undertaken to find out about Smartphone Addiction (SA) and its relationship with alienation and depression among adolescents. The descriptive survey method was employed on a sample of 200 adolescents studying in government and self-financed/ private schools in Jammu and Kathua. Data collection instruments were the Smartphone addiction scale (SAS), the Facebook Usage Scale (FUS), the Mental Depression Scale (MDS) and the Alienation Scale (AS). Pearson’s coefficient of correlation was used to find out the relationship between variables. Regression was used to find out the conjoint effect between the variables. The findings reveal that SA is positively and significantly correlated with alienation and depression among adolescents. The results further indicate that alienation and depression would contribute towards the prediction of SA of adolescents both independently as well as conjointly.
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Copyright (c) 2024 Nupur Dogra, Shaveta Sharma
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Accepted 2023-12-14
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